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Life has been good on my side guys. Lord do I wish I had more time to dedicate to my little corner of the internet, but know that I constantly think about you all and definitely have still been doing my fair share of reading when I have time. I know picture posts aren’t everyone’s cup of tea, but I HAVE been continuing to take a lot of pictures via the ol’ IPhone, so I thought it might be fun to do a little bit of a phone dump to partially share with you all what I’ve been up to.

And just FYI, I’m totally more active on Instagram #obsessed. So if you aren’t following me there yet, ummm GET ON IT!

The seasons they are a changing here in Colorado. One thing I have missed the most (and really one of the few things I have missed weather wise) about the Midwest is the Fall and all the color you get. This weekend Zach and I took a trip out to the high country and were given a nice reminder that Colorado isn’t all bad in the Fall…

This week has been a descent week as far as fitness goes in my world. It was quite the busy week, so I had to squeeze it in where I could, but #makeitapriority , right?

Monday was a speedwork day. This is an old picture, but I believe I ended up right around 4.25 miles after one mile warm up, 6 X 400 repeats and one mile cool down. Make the best of the time you have . . .

Tuesday was all about a Crossfit mini routine + 30 minute hill ride

Wednesday was a treadmill 10k with over half being done doing an interval hill routine. #OUCH

And yesterday {Thursday} i had a little more time than normal, so I asked my gym if there were any classes coming up. Just my luck, there was a PiYo class in just about 15 minutes. So I squeezed in 1000 meter row, and took my happy a$s up to class {see what i did there?}.

Ummm….not exactly what I expected. We did not take a chill pill for the entire hour, and woah hello squats and lunges. Was definitely more challenging mentally than the relaxed yoga class that I had in mind…but i wasn’t complaining.

Needless to say, I woke up tired and sore today. Which made me envious of my experience last friday at

A couple of weeks ago I was approached about trying out a new-to-me recovery center here in Denver for athletes or people who are recovering from injury.

Umm, YES PLEASE!

from their website

It took more time than I’d care to admit for us to make our schedules work, but in the end it was definitely worth the wait! From their website:

Denver Sports Recovery is a drop-in recovery center that gives professionals and everyday athletes access to state-of-the-art recovery tools, specialized service providers and space to treat your body to the best recovery options in Colorado.

Denver Sports Recovery gives you the opportunity to walk in and get high-quality care and recovery services that were once only available to professional athletes.

Get the treatment that you need in the time frame that works for you with our walk-in hours, membership and availability by appointment with a provider.

It’s time to make recovery a part of your training cycle:

Perform

Perform with precision and intensity.

Recover

Recover with a plan that is individually designed to give your body the treatment it needs to enhance performance and prevent injury.

Rebuild

Rebuild your body by taking the time to rest and restore your muscles.

Sounds pretty great, right?

From the second I walked it, the staff was super welcoming and right away started showing me the ropes.

Of course, the first thing I noticed was this AWESOME new Sauna that they have right as you walk in the door. Apparently it helps you to sweat out a TON more toxins than your standard sauna. Hello, #awesome.

The main room isn’t huge, but is filled with tons of machines and equipment that provide all different kinds of relief for sore or injured bodies, like so many of us have.

The doctor that was showing me around was very considerate and knowledgable, telling me about each and every machine/procedure that they offer and letting me try anything I may be interested along the way.

Now they have TONS of machines, but my tired legs specifically loved this little guy.

I don’t know the specific name, but these pants filled up with air and completely compressed your legs in about 7 minute cycles. I could have sat there all day. . .

The main room has everything from a hot and cool tub, cupping, lasers, sauna, and SO MUCH MORE. This is definitely not a gym, but more where you go to recover from too much time at the gym. I’m just saying, there may or may not have been pro athletes in there while I was there. #DenverNuggetsAreHuge

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Welcome! My name is Ashley and I am a healthy living lover, runner, newlywed Colorado girl! Chocolate Medals is all about my journey to find balance in this fun and crazy world :)
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